Design a Hci Product

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to provide explanations for the development of a prototype of a new computerised booking system that has been converted from a manual booking system. This report has been established to provide an understanding of human computer interaction principles that have been incorporated into the system’s design and goals, and provide an explanation as to how this system will be of a beneficial nature to the user when compared to the use of a manual version of the booking system. It will also provide mock up screens of the system’s interface, diagrams of the systems data flow, what data store will be required for the operation of the system, and an instructional user manual on how the system’s interface is operated. Finally the report will present recommendations on future development and how the design approach would be different next time.

Description of Design

The system is design to allow users at a vet surgery to successfully complete booking using a computerised booking system which will be an adaptation of the current clinics manual booking system. It will provide the users with features that the current system can simply not perform, these include an easier way to record a new appointment, cancel an existing appointment, record that a patient has arrived, produce quotes, and get the required information needed to contact the patient’s owners. Each of these steps will produce results that will be printable. The printing facility will also allow the users to create a template to use so that the output meets their standards, a default template will be incorporated.

Design Goals

The main goals of the booking system’s interface design are to: Develop a simple-to-use booking system for a range of jobs, varying in length; Allow the system to produce quotes for each booking; Have a printing facility; Provide adequate navigational facilities; Align the physical design of the interface with HCI principles of design,...